OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH
Madison, Wis. — The Institute for Reforming Government issued a statement by Executive Vice President Chris Reader today providing support for efforts by state lawmakers to reform the welfare system in Wisconsin. These bills work to fix gaps in the unemployment insurance system and stop people from job no-shows while still claiming benefits. ...
Policy Solution: Eliminate the Individual Income Tax
PROBLEM: Middle class families and small businesses, still recovering from COVID-19 and the economic shutdowns, are being crushed by Wisconsin’s high-income taxes and overall tax burden. Our state needs more than small fixes to ensure that everyday Wisconsinites have the ...
CROWE releases economic analysis on how to boost Wisconsin’s economy, help small businesses, encourage people to move to our state, and put money back into pockets of working families.
Madison, Wis. — Today a coalition of statewide and national reform groups applauded a new academic study released by UW Madison Professor of Economics Noah ...
Resources and policy solutions needed during ongoing crises
When it comes to Wisconsin’s status as “America’s Dairyland,” former Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s reform-minded legislature supported farmers and rural communities with a wide range of reforms, from reducing the tax burden to aid for rural schools. Wisconsin’s support for ...
A PDF of this policy paper can be found here
Governor Scott Walker and the reform-minded legislature turned Wisconsin around with bold reforms including the well known 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 (Act 10). After Governor Walker took office in 2011, his first Executive Order noted that the “State of Wisconsin is in an economic emergency caused by ...
A PDF of this policy paper can be found here
In 2011, homeowners were suffering from a collapsed housing market and a period of time where property taxes had increased on their homes. After Governor Scott Walker and a reform-minded legislature took office, they were able to provide much-needed relief to homeowners. Unfortunately, ...